I am the first to admit, I have not been as blog-happy as I hoped to be in the last few months. What with having to travel quite a bit, andbusiness responsibilities, I think daily what I need to touch on…but when I finally have a moment to sit at the keyboard, I am nodding off past midnight.

There are several noteworthy events that have happened in the last few weeks, most notably the AIDS Walk in San Francisco, as well as other events held around the country and globe that many of you have written to tell me about. Any of you reading this who have attended or participated - and have snapped pictures, please do us all a favor and post them in your BigJock.com photo album!

My computer was still open to The San Francisco Chronicle artcle on the Bevan Dufty vs. Chris Daly fight/argument/tussle, with Daly being called a bully, among other things. Yes, the same Chris Daly that accused Gavin Newsom of using cocaine. I’ve never met Mr. Daly, but he seems to be a real…um….Hey Chris, why not have a Coke and a smile, and take a chill pill!

Another issue I thought was funny was Albert Gore, III, the son of former Bill Clinton VP, Al Gore, being clocked at 100mph in a Toyota Prius! Never mind that he was stoned or had drugs in hand….a Prius hitting the century mark?? That’s what the cops said about Rodney King’s Hyundai in the early 90’s - that we was going +100. Uh-huh…!

Barry Bonds keeps on swinging, even at a few days short of his 43rd birthday. Say what you will about Bonds, whether it is regarding the steroid allegations, him being something short of a nice guy; but he is about to do something pretty darned amazing in breaking Hank Aaron’s homerun record. As one who has actually swung and missed in a slow-pitch softball game, I can’t imagine squarely hitting a round ball with a round bat, while that round ball is approaching Prius speed.

Let’s enjoy the chase and the laserbeam homers, and save our athlete distaste for Michael Vick, he of the dog fighting ring. Nike has pulled his shoe line, but the NFL has yet to suspend the guy who was sued for spreading herpes and staying in hotels under the name Ron Mexico. Along with his brother, Marcus, who was kicked off his college team for brushes with the law, and stepping on an opponent, the Vick brothers are what we need in sports - to realize what we do not want in roll models for our youth.

Not to be too United States-centric, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy July 4^th.

Please enjoy your day off (OK, not everyone has this day off, lord knows there were many 4^th’s that I had to work) with family and/or friends, have a great meal, enjoy the fireworks, and stay safe.